Recent Arrivals from Quercus Rare Books

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. The third title in a trilogy. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition [stated "First Printing"]. Bright orange cloth binding with titling in black on the spine. Clean text; 187 pages. The dustjacket is Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine. Unclipped; slight darkening of the spine, with a bit of rub… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition [stated "Published September, 1907"]. Wade, 79. Contains six "Poems" that one might rather call "Plays," and four Appendices. This is Volume II only of a matching set. Dark blue cloth binding with titling [the Althea Gyles design] in gilt on the spine. Clean… Read more about this item

New York/London: The Macmillan Company, 1912. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, which added to the edition published by Cuala Press in 1910. Wade, 101. Tan paper-covered boards, with a decorative green helmet on the front cover; there is no titling on the spine. Clean text; 91 pages. The fore-edge is untrimmed. Just hints of… Read more about this item

Dundrum: The Dun Emer Press, 1904. A collection of seven stories. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, which was LIMITED to 500 copies. Wade, 59. A scarce title. "Printed upon paper made in Ireland, and published by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats at the Dun Emer Press, in the house of Evelyn Gleeson at Dundrum in the county… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. First published in 1889; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Fourth Edition [Wade 19]. which incorporates the changes made in the second issue. Blue cloth binding featuring in gilt the celebrated decorative cover [a "Secret Rse"] by Althea Gyles. The design is added to on the spine. Clean text; xiii, 301… Read more about this item

London: A.H. Bullen, 1903. An early anthology with nineteen essays by Ireland's Nobel winner. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Second Edition [stated]. Wade 46 (p.61). the first issue was in paper-covered boards; this in blue ribbed cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; vii, 341 pages; fore and bottom… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. This is a Very Good (minus) copy of the First Edition [stated "Collected Edition Published 1921"]. Wade, 128. Not common. Green cloth binding with decorative stamping in black by Sturge Moore [cherubs and a nymph]. Titling in black on the spine. Clean text; 308 pages.Textblock is very bright and fresh. Previous-owner signature on the… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. A collection of three previously-published essays: "Ideas of Good and Evil," "The Cutting of an Agate," and "Per Amica Silentia Lunae." This i a Very Good copy of a "New and Revised Edition" [stated] that is uncommon. Green cloth binding with titling in black on the spine. Stated "Set up and electrotyped. Published July,… Read more about this item

New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. Historian Michael Oren is the author of "Six Days of War" and has served as an ambassador for Israel. This is a Fine copy of a Second Printing of the First Edition. Cream-coloured paer boards with a black spine; titling in gilt on the spine, with a reproduced author signature on the front… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 2022. A well-regarded bibliomystery that is really a paen to New York City. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition [stated "1st Printing"]. Red paper-covered boards with a yellow spine; titling in black. Clean text; 278 pages. Dustjacket is Fine, unclipped; in an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1930. Helen Hunt's romantic recreatin of Native American life has retained its immense popularity since its first publication in 1884. This is a Near Fine coy of a reprinted edition. No publication date; circa 1930; lsscommon than the earlier printings. Brick red cloth binding with titling and decorations in black on the spine and… Read more about this item

London: T. And J. Egerton, 1788. John Phillip Kemble (1757-1823) was a popular actor and theatrical manager. Here is his adaptation of an uncommon work by Pedro Calderon de La Barca (1600-1680), the greatest of the baroque Spanish authors. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Rare. There is no publication date, but… Read more about this item

New York: Willey Book Company, 1919. This is an anthology of seven stories by the Russin master, in the famed translation by Constance Garnett. Not common. First American Edition [stated "Set up and electrotyped. Published, September, 1919"], a Very Good (Plus) copy. Blue cloth binding, stamped with decoration and ruled on the front cover; titling in gilt on the… Read more about this item

Derry: Derry Journal Ltd., 1916. Here is a lecture that delivered by a prominent Irish nationalist about a week prior to the Easter Uprising in Dublin. A rare item. Reverand McGlinchey, a member of Sinn Fein, would later welcome the IRA to St. Columb's College during the "Derby Riots" of 1920. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the… Read more about this item

New York: A.L. Burt Company Publishers, 1898. Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes story, originally published in 1890, has had at least ten film adaptations. This is a Very good copy of an early American issue; there is no publication date, but the publisher address indicates no earlier than 1898. Dark red ribbed cloth binding with titling and decoration in gilt on… Read more about this item

London, New York, Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1900. A late-career mystery by the popular Australian novelist. [Hubin, p. 41]. This is a Very Good copy of the First English Edition, published a year after the American issue. Beveled blue cloth binding with titling and decorations (rampant lion) in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text;… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1861. This is a Very Good copy of a later printing of the First Edition [no date match on copyright page]. Brown cloth binding with heavy decorative blindstamping on the covers; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 265 pages, with a 22-page publisher catalog in the rear. Interestingly, there is no author… Read more about this item

London, New York, Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1902. A late-career mystery by the Australian novelist. [Hubin, p. 41] This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Blue cloth binding with titling in gilt and red decoration on the spine and front cover. Beveled edges. Clean text; 308 pages, with a 12-page publisher catalog in the rear.… Read more about this item

London, New York, Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1902. A late-career mystery by the popular Australian novelist. This is a Very Good copy of the First English Editio, published a year after the American issue [Hubin, p. 41]. Beveled blue cloth binding with titling and decorations (featuring a coiled-to-strike snake) in gilt on the spine and front cover. Cean… Read more about this item

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1895. The first appearance of "Keinplatz" was in a periodical (1885). This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition of this collection, which contains six other stories. There is no publication date, but McNally brought out a paper edition in 1894; Quercus suggests that 1895-96 is a probable… Read more about this item